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by jawarner 4y ago
Yeah, the "and then" implies you first move and then move the duck. At least that's how it makes sense to me. That way you're blocking your opponent's move with the duck.
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by jawarner 4y ago
It’s possible that in serving the function of prediction, the model forms a complex internal representation akin even to goals, motivations, etc. It is true that DL architectures are not explicitly designed to do this, not yet anyway. But m
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by jawarner 4y ago
That's fascinating; I'm not familiar with this use case. Is there anything stopping you from using the SVG output of Inkscape?
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by jawarner 4y ago
I’m not sure it follows that the entire circuit can be subject to this kind of interrogation resulting in a neat story. We can always try to find narratives, but at the end of the day there’s no reason for all the parameter values learned t
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by jawarner 4y ago
I see your point that there's no way that weight levels are entirely predetermined by genetics. To your point there are various cultures around the world who suffer more or less from obesity. I don't understand this genetic determ
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by jawarner 4y ago
It's true that your body doesn't digest all the available calories in food, and the energy extracted from the food is going to vary by food source, along with the digestion profile, or glycemic index. So, it is true that: > You
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by jawarner 4y ago
Not all urban parks are created equally. I live close to a park 100s of acres in size in a city (Austin, TX).
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by jawarner 4y ago
You’re not really responding to my points. You’re trying to enforce a sense of male victim hood that isn’t supported by the evidence you’re presenting.
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by jawarner 4y ago
What are TF and CS?
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by jawarner 4y ago
> The 4x self-inflicted death rate compared to women should be evidence enough. This seems like a manipulative use of mental health statistics. Need I remind you that women attempt suicide at a much greater rate than men? Regardless ever
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by jawarner 4y ago
Yes, and your point makes of the OP article's take on "the list" of requirements for a partner. A lot of people do get trapped into an unduly logical mode of thinking about prospective partners. I could see that dating on app
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by jawarner 4y ago
You make some big claims. 1. Apps or no, dating is still about interfacing with another person. It's hardly true that the dating app is "servicing our desires." It's not. It's just a window into another person. 2. &
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by jawarner 4y ago
A lot of comments here missing the point of the article. People are quick to blame apps for dating pain. Reading the article, very few of the author's points are caused by the app-ification of dating. It is easy to blame "the corp
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by jawarner 4y ago
Do you really think dating used to be easy? I fail to see how "dating apps and social media" is the direct cause of the problems you mention, or that any of those problems are new to society.
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by jawarner 4y ago
If I can pick your brain, there’s a related concept — entropy production. How does that relate with these ideas?
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by jawarner 4y ago
That’s interesting. I’ve always figured it’s the opposite, since a public company is beholden to fiduciary duty. Would you like to elaborate?
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by jawarner 4y ago
If you can get to Chapter 2 it's a lot more approachable.
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by jawarner 4y ago
> that seems to be just a special case of "How do I tell if someone is being honest?" Is it that simple? Nobody is doubting the honesty of anyone involved. The real matter is there is a cultural tradition called gender, and som
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by jawarner 4y ago
All too often in these discussions, one side is just saying to be kind to everyone, while the other insists on a philosophical debate, so they end up talking past each other. I would hope that someone learning about trans people is able to
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by jawarner 4y ago
My point in using the extreme example is not to suggest that people are insisting on their use. I chose a fringe example, for which it is socially acceptable to express skepticism, in order to illustrate the point that there are gray areas
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by jawarner 4y ago
It's important to be kind to everyone. Anyone "skeptical" of a trans person really ought to mind their own business. I agree with you there. To play devil's advocate, some identities have less currency in current society
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by jawarner 5y ago
Don't worship the man. Hard work and ambition are aspects of his character deserving respect, no doubt. But he's not perfect. Not all aspects of his character are worth emulating, and he has his blindspots like everyone else.
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by jawarner 5y ago
On any given issue, some people care more about it, and some people care less about it. Special groups in general are not a bad thing. > If there were just profit seeking companies, and no opposing forces, that could be bad too, and mayb
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by jawarner 5y ago
In a lot of cases, the relationship between a product and a consumer is abusive. Take heroin for example. There is a huge (black) market for heroin. People "want" it, and will become addicted to it, and "want" it even mo
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by jawarner 5y ago
Agreed. I call these "Lorax problems" when there's nobody there to speak for the common interest. It generally takes a drastic public spectacle to muster the political wherewithal to make a law in these cases. It took DDT kil
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by jawarner 5y ago
It's interesting that we can measure, quantiatively, what the dynamical operating mode of a system is. It's interesting, to me anyway, because it's a high-level characteristic that describes most (all?) information processing
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by jawarner 5y ago
Chickens eat bugs. It's not so far off.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Yes, this is evolution, and that's generally how evolution works. There is some diversity in a population, and natural selection promotes some traits over others.
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by jawarner 5y ago
Right. The result of the protest is an unsafe environment for the professor. My point is just that any protest I can think of, whether it’s outside a government building, a business, or on a college campus, involves being present, so it doe
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by jawarner 5y ago
Yeah, the flares do add a level of spectacle. Do you see the 2nd amendment protests then as similarly abnormal? See, to me, any protest involves a mob, and I would be concerned for safety of the target regardless of whether people had guns

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